Valladolid vs Elche Prediction, 1/19/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 1/18/2021

Game: Valladolid vs Elche

Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Location: Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla in Valladolid, Spain

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Valladolid (+125) Elche (+240)

Fidel and Elche (3-7-6, 18th in La Liga) head to Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla on Tuesday where they'll meet Valladolid (4-6-8, 17th in La Liga). The goalkeepers who are expected to start are Jordi Masip for Valladolid and Edgar Badia for Elche. Elche are priced at +240 while the White and Violets are at +125. The O/U is set at 2.5.

Valladolid faced off with Valencia in their most recent match and took a loss by a final of 1-0. When discussing the passing game, they finished this match with a 80.2% rate by connecting on 283 out of their 353 targeted passes last match. Valladolid attempted 7 dribbles in this outing and were successful in 5 of the tries for a percentage of 71.4%. Regarding shot accuracy, Valladolid wrapped this game up at a 36.4% clip by hitting 4 SoT out of 11 shots. Valladolid is averaging 0.89 goals per 90 (16 goals in total) and have earned 9 assists in all matches for the year.

Shon Weissman is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Valladolid. He has totaled 5 assists while earning 5 yellow card cautions in his career. Weissman has been in the starting lineup in 39 matches during his career and tallies 0.86 goals per 90. The forward from Israel has earned 33 goals in 3,460 minutes. Another guy who could decide the outcome is Fabian Orellana, the forward representing Chile. Orellana has accumulated 25,766 minutes in 295 starts and has been given 73 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 61 times thus far in his career while he has scored 58 total goals. He currently averages 0.20 goals per 90 minutes so far in his pro soccer career.

The man protecting the net for Valladolid will be Jordi Masip. Masip (73-58-70 record in his career) has accumulated 49 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 24.4% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper hailing from Spain has had 797 shots attempted at him in 201 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.26 (253 goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save percentage of .713. Masip has seen the field for a total of 18,090 minutes and has earned 559 saves in his career.

For their last match, Elche took a loss by a score of 3-1 against Getafe. They wrapped up this outing by converting 382 out of their 421 passes they tried for a rate of 90.7%. Elche ended the game with a 91.7% successful dribble percentage by converting 11 out of the 12 dribbles they attempted. Elche converted 4 shots attempted out of their 7 shots attempted which gave them a 57.1% rate when they last took the field. With a total of 14 goals and 9 assists in all matches, Elche has an average of 0.87 goals and 0.56 assists per 90 minutes.

Fidel will need to provide a lift for Elche. He sports an average of 0.20 G/90 and has been given a starting assignment in 255 matches in his career. The midfielder representing Spain has been on the field for 22,465 minutes while scoring 51 goals. He has 53 yellow card cautions during his soccer career and has helped on a goal 40 times. Be sure to watch out for Pere Milla, the forward born in Spain. He has 15 goals so far in his pro soccer career while helping on a goal 8 times. Milla has been handed a total of 15 yellow card cautions in 6,962 mins played (78 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average in his career is 0.19.

Edgar Badia will be looking after the goal for Elche. In his career, Badia has allowed 182 goals and has earned 444 saves in 174 starts. He has allowed 1.05 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a mark of 53-61-60. He has a save % of .787 and his clean sheet rate is 33.3%. Badia has 58 shutouts while defending 573 shots attempted against him in 15,660 career mins.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Elche (+240)

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